Summary This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse as an indicator for the labour intensity of output growth the employment threshold (the minimum growth rate of output necessary to keep employment constant). We show for a sample of...

This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse as an indicator for the labour intensity of output growth the employment threshold (the minimum growth rate of output necessary to keep employment constant). We show for a sample of 17 OECD...

This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on unemployment in a panel of 19 OECD countries for the period 1960 to 2000. In contrast to many other studies, we use long time series and analyze cyclically adjusted trend values of the unemployment rate. Our novel contribution is...

Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen sind eine wichtige Determinante für die Leistungen der Arbeitsmärkte und für die Erklärung der international unterschiedlichen Entwicklung der Arbeitslosenquoten. Das ifo Institut untersuchte, gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Horst Rottmann, Fachhochschule Amberg-Weiden, die...

This paper deals with the effects to labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse the employment threshold (the minimum growth rate necessaryto keep employment constant) which is an indicator for the labour intensity of production. We show for 17 OECD countries for the...

The concept of the employment threshold plays an important role in the public discussion of unemployment. The employment threshol d is defined as that growth rate of output which is necessary to keep employment constant despite the continuous rise in labour productivity. It is related to the...

Ein wichtiger Erklärungsfaktor für die Entwicklung der Arbeitslosenquote sind die Institutionen desArbeitsmarktes. Diese Arbeit zeigt empirische Ergebnisse für verschiedene Paneldaten-Modelle.Gegenüber der bisherigen Literatur unterscheidet sich der Ansatz durch drei Aspekte: 1) Wirverwenden...

This paper deals with the effects to labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse the employment threshold (the minimum growth rate necessary to keep employment constant) which is an indicator for the labour intensity of production. We show for 17 OECD countries for the...